Chapter 103
Ella
Lorenzo and I took a few days to ourselves, to heal and recuperate, and to be with his family that he had missed so terribly. I watched as he laughed with them, caught up with one another as best as they could since their real son was gone for a whole month. I was more than happy to let him stay with his family, more than fine to stay at the house a little bit longer even by myself, but Lorenzo wouldn’t have it. So, we spent the daylight with his family, and he would come home and sleep the bed that had become ours while his parents believed he was in his own room sleeping.
Those days filled me with utter bliss that not even the knowledge of our imminent return to dealing with the aftermath of the war could taint it. To everyone’s credit, nobody bothered us. We were wel
